Day: March 30, 2012

Nature reviews Michael Mann’s book as ‘trope’ about ‘an unwinnable fight’

‘When the Earth Hour ambassadors include a child, a magician, a couple of actors, a singer, a model, a chef, a radio presenter, a celebrity gardener, a priest, a hotelier, a former rock star…’

Prof. Kari Norgaard: Climate skepticism must be ‘treated’: ‘The discussion, Norgaard said, is comparable to what happened with challenges to racism or slavery in the U.S. South’ [email protected]

   

Study: Conservatism ‘linked to low brainpower’ — ‘Cognitively impaired people are more likely to express conservative views’ — Prof. Eidelman’s email: [email protected]

Canada yanks some climate programs from budget: ‘It is encouraging to see essentially no references to mistaken concept that humanity’s CO2 emissions have a substantial influence on global climate’

Warmist David Appell: ‘Chris Mooney’s book, and much of his work, is a perverse attempt to twist science purely for political purposes’

Warmist Chris Mooney makes up another ‘fact’: ‘Liberals are better at getting at the truth in complex, nuanced situations—as are their psychological brethren, scientists’

LukeWarmist Keith Kloor gazes ‘inside Chris Mooney’s brain’: ‘It looks to me like Chris’s brain is at war with itself. The result is that he ends up talking out of both sides of his mouth’

Warmist Chris Mooney on the Republican(?) brain: ‘Conservatism is a Defensive Ideology, and Appeals to People Who Want Certainty and Resist Change’

Gallup Poll: ‘In U.S., Global Warming Views Steady Despite Warm Winter; Just over half say effects of global warming are now evident, similar to 49% last year’